Could someone please post a map of Mantua?
Locations of the thin spots would be great.
By thin spots, I mean places where warm springs are located that causes the thin ice.
I remember a map like this was posted a few years ago.
Was it TubeDude that posted it?
Thanks, and be safe on the ice,
DKS.
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It was probably TD, he has maps and books about everything. [cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]Here is the labeled map I put together. Sorry, no GPS numbers for "springs" or weak spots. My personal opinion is that there are no places that are perpetually subject to the action of springs. There may be small bubblers from time to time, but the spots I have seen where there were weak spots or openings have changed from trip to trip and definitely from year to year. I had a well defined "honey hole" easily triangulated close to the hill on the east side. I returned to my drilled out holes several times over a month period. A spot that was open on one trip was frozen solid the next trip. And, I have seen weak spots develop where none existed before. Just like most other lakes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It always pays to watch carefully when going across any area of ice that has no tracks or holes from other anglers. If you see a dark spot in the ice or snow, give it a wide swing. If you go through a spot that had no visible indicators of weakness you better hope you are with a fishing buddy with a rope...and some common sense.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For what it's worth, I have heard the "urban legends" of lots of springs on Mantua going back to the late 1970's. I have not seen any myself nor have I heard of anybody going through one...from a reliable source.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm sure there will be plenty of folks who respond that they know someone who has a cousin who is friends with a guy who heard tell....[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Anybody with actual GPS numbers...and not just the usual yellow "X" in the snow someplace?[/#0000ff]
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